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Best of Fall 2023, Oct 22-28

Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts.

Keep in mind that these rankings are based on how people rated individual episodes of the current season, not on the overall quality or popularity of the series. Only the titles legally streaming in North America and popular enough are being ranked, so the bottom of the list might represent 'watchable' rather than 'bad'. See the notes for further details.

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Episode Rankings for the week of October 22-28

Along the actual ranking for this week's episodes, this graph chronicles the change in position from week to week. While some series are stable, others swing wildly in the rankings depending on the strength of each episode. When a series has no episode for a given week, the previous week's episode is used instead as a placeholder. The first episode of each series is considered as part of the first week, even if it really streamed during the second week. Click on the numbers to highlight a particular series.

ranking change from week to week (episode numbers as labels; clickable)	prev week change	this week rank	anime series
	3	#1.	The Apothecary Diaries	1 2 3 4
	1	#2.	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End	1-4 5 6 7
	1	#3.	The Eminence in Shadow 2nd Season	21 22 23 24
	18	#4.	Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3	1 2 3 4
	8	#5.	Overtake!	1 2 3 4
	9	#6.	Undead Unluck	1 2 3 4
	10	#7.	Dead Mount Death Play	13 14 15
	27	#8.	The 100 Girlfriends Who Really(x5) Love You	1 2 3
	23	#9.	The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess	1 2 3 4
	8	#10.	Girlfriend, Girlfriend	1 2 3 4
	8	#11.	Stardust Telepath	1 2 3
	4	#12.	One Piece	1078 1079 1080
	3	#13.	The Ancient Magus' Bride	13 14 15 16
	9	#14.	You Were Experienced, I Was Not	1 2 3 4
	13	#15.	Tearmoon Empire	1 2 3 4
	13	#16.	Dr. Stone: New World	12 13 14
	9	#17.	Helck	13 14 15 16
	12	#18.	Rurouni Kenshin	14 15 16 17
	13	#19.	Jujutsu Kaisen	35 36 37 38
	5	#20.	The Kingdoms of Ruin	1 2 3 4
	16	#21.	16bit Sensation: Another Layer	1 2 3 4
	18	#22.	Ragna Crimson	1 2 3 4
	16	#23.	I'm in Love with the Villainess	1 2 3 4
	14	#24.	Spy×Family	26 27 28 29
	11	#25.	Under Ninja	1 2 3 4
	6	#26.	Goblin Slayer II	1 2 3 4
	2	#27.	Shy	1 2 3 4
	19	#28.	Shangri-La Frontier	1 2 3 4
	5	#29.	Berserk of Gluttony	1 2 3 4
	18	#30.	The Faraway Paladin	1 2 3 4
	7	#31.	My Daughter ... S-Rank Adventurer	1 2 3 4
	21	#32.	Dark Gathering	13 14 15 16
	6	#33.	Migi & Dali	1 2 3 4
	13	#34.	I'm Giving ... a Crash Course in Naughtiness	1 2 3 4
	30	#35.	Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom	1 2 3 4
	22	#36.	Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions	1 2 3 4
	21	#37.	The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3	1 2 3 4
	5	#38.	The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent	1 2 3 4
	—	#39.	A Returner's Magic Should Be Special	1 2 3 4
	9	#40.	Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy	1 2 3 4
	—	#41.	Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange	1 2 3 4
	—	#42.	Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch	1 2 3 4

Series Cumulative Ranking as of October 28

Each week's ranking takes into account the scores given to previous weeks' episodes. As we reach closer to the end of the season, each series' rank will start to solidify and we'll get a look at the real winners and losers. Click on the numbers to highlight a particular series.

ranking change from week to week (episode numbers as labels; clickable)	prev week change	this week rank	anime series
	—	#1.	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End	1-4 5 6 7
	—	#2.	The Eminence in Shadow 2nd Season	21 22 23 24
	—	#3.	The Apothecary Diaries	1 2 3 4
	—	#4.	Dr. Stone: New World	12 13 14
	1	#5.	One Piece	1078 1079 1080
	2	#6.	Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom	1 2 3 4
	2	#7.	Undead Unluck	1 2 3 4
	3	#8.	Jujutsu Kaisen	35 36 37 38
	2	#9.	Spy×Family	26 27 28 29
	—	#10.	The Ancient Magus' Bride	13 14 15 16
	—	#11.	Dark Gathering	13 14 15 16
	1	#12.	I'm in Love with the Villainess	1 2 3 4
	4	#13.	Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3	1 2 3 4
	1	#14.	Dead Mount Death Play	13 14 15
	1	#15.	The 100 Girlfriends Who Really(x5) Love You	1 2 3
	4	#16.	Shy	1 2 3 4
	3	#17.	Shangri-La Frontier	1 2 3 4
	—	#18.	Helck	13 14 15 16
	2	#19.	The Faraway Paladin	1 2 3 4
	—	#20.	Rurouni Kenshin	14 15 16 17
	2	#21.	The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3	1 2 3 4
	—	#22.	Tearmoon Empire	1 2 3 4
	—	#23.	The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent	1 2 3 4
	—	#24.	Overtake!	1 2 3 4
	1	#25.	Goblin Slayer II	1 2 3 4
	1	#26.	Girlfriend, Girlfriend	1 2 3 4
	—	#27.	Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions	1 2 3 4
	—	#28.	Ragna Crimson	1 2 3 4
	4	#29.	My Daughter ... S-Rank Adventurer	1 2 3 4
	4	#30.	The Kingdoms of Ruin	1 2 3 4
	2	#31.	Under Ninja	1 2 3 4
	—	#32.	16bit Sensation: Another Layer	1 2 3 4
	3	#33.	You Were Experienced, I Was Not	1 2 3 4
	3	#34.	Migi & Dali	1 2 3 4
	5	#35.	Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy	1 2 3 4
	2	#36.	Berserk of Gluttony	1 2 3 4
	—	#37.	The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess	1 2 3 4
	3	#38.	Stardust Telepath	1 2 3
	—	#39.	Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange	1 2 3 4
	—	#40.	I'm Giving ... a Crash Course in Naughtiness	1 2 3 4
	—	#41.	A Returner's Magic Should Be Special	1 2 3 4
	—	#42.	Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch	1 2 3 4

Notes

Disclaimer: the rankings are just an average of opinions, published for entertainment and information purposes. ANN makes no claims regarding statistical significance or invulnerability to spam.

The rankings are computed using the Schulze method, with the variation that unrated titles are considered as abstentions instead of lower than the rated titles. This roughly means that if, out of all people who rated both A and B, 60% preferred A, it will be ranked higher than B.

The rankings indicate relative quality (A is preferred to B), not absolute quality (B is good/bad). While the titles are ranked from 'best' to 'worst', sometimes the difference between #1 and #10 can be very thin. So if your favorite is near the bottom of the list, don't take it personally. It doesn't mean it's a bad show, it just means that ANN readers, on average, have preferred the ones above.

If a series has no episode for a given week, we use the rating data for the previous week's episode in order to compute the weekly ranking. This is not officially counted as a position in the ranking (it has no impact on the cumulative ranking), but it makes it easier to compare weeks if they each have the same number of series ranked.

It should be noted that long-running series (and sequels) have an advantage in the sense that only people who like the series are still watching it, and they are likely to give each episode a high rating. But if such a series is going through a low-quality filler arc, the season will get low rankings that are not indicative of the true overall quality of the series. Conversely, there are fewer people rating the show so it's less likely to have enough votes to qualify for the ranking.